Background

There are a lot of positive expectations towards Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on health and health systems, such as:

• making diagnoses faster and more accurate,
• improving treatments,
• facilitating integrated working,
• customised patient support programmes,
• making it easier for healthcare providers to find data,
• ...

But of course, there are also important questions related to:

• the impact on the tasks of healthcare providers,
• the interaction between healthcare providers and citizens/patients,
• changing competences and responsibilities,
• the completeness of AI,
• the impact on privacy,
• the possible steering from commercial interests, etc...

Aim and approach

The aim of this study will be to:

• Conduct a comprehensive SWOC (Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Challenges) analysis of the impact of AI on health and health systems in the short term:
• In-depth research based on literature
• Interviews with clinicians (broadly defined) and providers of AI, among others,
• With particular focus on AI in health promotion.
• Future scenarios for AI (horizon 2030-2040) to be elaborated including through interviews:
• Desirable future scenarios,
• Non-desirable future scenarios.

Outcome

The research will lead to a report with recommendations and with proposals for further research on the one hand, and a fully elaborated application for a major Grant at the international level on the other hand. Initially, I am thinking of an advanced ERC grant (within Life sciences: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Diseases) or a grant under the EU4Health Programme (EU4H) .